Turkey is administratively divided into 81 provinces. According to estimation of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), life expectancy at birth in Turkey in period 2018-2020 was 78.3 years (75.6 years for male and 81.1 years for female). [1]
Healthy life expectancy for period 2019-2021 was 58.1 years (59.6 years for male and 56.5 years for female). [2]
According to alternative data from the WHO, for 2019 life expectancy in Turkey was 78.6 years (76.4 years for male and 80.7 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 68.4 years (67.8 years for male and 69.0 years for female). [3]
According to estimation of the World Bank Group, in 2019 life expectancy in Turkey was 77.8 years (74.7 for male, 81.0 for female). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2020 this indicator decreased till 75.9 years (72,8 for male, 79,1 for female). [4] [5] [6]
In 2015-17, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged provinces was 4.55 years. In 2018-20, this difference was 4.69 years.
By default the table is sorted by 2018-2020.
province | 2015-2017 | increase | 2018-2020 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||
Turkey | 78.00 | 75.30 | 80.80 | 5.50 | 0.33 | 78.33 | 75.60 | 81.12 | 5.52 |
Gümüşhane | 79.77 | 76.25 | 83.46 | 7.20 | 1.01 | 80.78 | 78.07 | 83.54 | 5.47 |
Muğla | 80.28 | 77.59 | 83.18 | 5.59 | 0.42 | 80.70 | 77.75 | 83.96 | 6.22 |
Tunceli | 80.69 | 77.41 | 84.25 | 6.84 | −0.36 | 80.33 | 77.01 | 84.06 | 7.05 |
Trabzon | 80.00 | 76.48 | 83.37 | 6.90 | 0.29 | 80.29 | 76.77 | 83.79 | 7.02 |
Ordu | 79.29 | 76.18 | 82.56 | 6.38 | 0.75 | 80.04 | 77.23 | 82.97 | 5.75 |
Giresun | 79.67 | 76.32 | 83.07 | 6.75 | 0.32 | 79.99 | 76.63 | 83.51 | 6.88 |
Antalya | 79.30 | 76.66 | 82.11 | 5.45 | 0.44 | 79.73 | 77.26 | 82.38 | 5.12 |
Erzincan | 79.19 | 76.07 | 82.47 | 6.40 | 0.42 | 79.60 | 76.91 | 82.34 | 5.43 |
Bolu | 79.15 | 76.51 | 81.79 | 5.28 | 0.37 | 79.52 | 77.01 | 82.04 | 5.03 |
Artvin | 79.35 | 76.27 | 82.65 | 6.38 | 0.11 | 79.46 | 76.37 | 82.75 | 6.38 |
Rize | 79.01 | 74.82 | 83.18 | 8.36 | 0.39 | 79.40 | 75.55 | 83.27 | 7.72 |
Mardin | 79.83 | 76.85 | 82.71 | 5.85 | −0.51 | 79.32 | 76.73 | 81.84 | 5.11 |
Ankara | 79.36 | 76.69 | 81.94 | 5.25 | −0.06 | 79.29 | 76.55 | 82.02 | 5.47 |
Adıyaman | 79.71 | 77.27 | 82.12 | 4.85 | −0.42 | 79.29 | 76.94 | 81.67 | 4.73 |
Bayburt | 79.08 | 76.26 | 82.19 | 5.93 | 0.14 | 79.22 | 77.05 | 81.40 | 4.36 |
Yalova | 78.61 | 75.89 | 81.46 | 5.57 | 0.60 | 79.21 | 76.29 | 82.29 | 6.00 |
Bingöl | 78.84 | 76.01 | 81.82 | 5.81 | 0.34 | 79.18 | 76.50 | 82.09 | 5.59 |
Burdur | 79.17 | 76.10 | 82.28 | 6.18 | −0.04 | 79.13 | 75.99 | 82.38 | 6.39 |
Iğdır | 78.83 | 75.82 | 81.98 | 6.16 | 0.28 | 79.11 | 76.39 | 81.96 | 5.57 |
Istanbul | 78.70 | 75.79 | 81.55 | 5.75 | 0.38 | 79.08 | 76.20 | 81.95 | 5.75 |
Karabük | 78.40 | 75.38 | 81.55 | 6.18 | 0.67 | 79.07 | 76.24 | 82.00 | 5.76 |
Malatya | 79.02 | 76.05 | 82.06 | 6.01 | 0.01 | 79.02 | 76.16 | 81.98 | 5.82 |
Amasya | 78.47 | 75.72 | 81.26 | 5.54 | 0.53 | 78.99 | 76.29 | 81.76 | 5.46 |
İzmir | 78.65 | 75.77 | 81.58 | 5.82 | 0.34 | 78.99 | 76.04 | 82.01 | 5.97 |
Mersin | 78.23 | 75.49 | 81.06 | 5.57 | 0.68 | 78.91 | 76.33 | 81.58 | 5.25 |
Kahramanmaraş | 79.24 | 77.04 | 81.53 | 4.49 | −0.38 | 78.86 | 76.59 | 81.31 | 4.71 |
Çorum | 78.63 | 75.90 | 81.47 | 5.57 | 0.21 | 78.85 | 76.20 | 81.57 | 5.37 |
Karaman | 78.72 | 76.40 | 81.07 | 4.67 | 0.05 | 78.77 | 76.05 | 81.60 | 5.55 |
Elazığ | 78.63 | 75.94 | 81.34 | 5.40 | 0.09 | 78.72 | 76.06 | 81.42 | 5.36 |
Isparta | 78.70 | 76.09 | 81.32 | 5.24 | −0.03 | 78.66 | 75.92 | 81.47 | 5.55 |
Çanakkale | 77.99 | 75.13 | 81.02 | 5.88 | 0.66 | 78.65 | 75.56 | 81.95 | 6.39 |
Sinop | 78.41 | 75.32 | 81.71 | 6.39 | 0.21 | 78.61 | 75.68 | 81.75 | 6.07 |
Aydın | 78.53 | 75.47 | 81.76 | 6.29 | 0.04 | 78.57 | 75.54 | 81.78 | 6.24 |
Samsun | 78.07 | 75.04 | 81.15 | 6.11 | 0.48 | 78.55 | 75.55 | 81.67 | 6.12 |
Eskişehir | 77.98 | 75.24 | 80.78 | 5.54 | 0.56 | 78.54 | 75.84 | 81.29 | 5.45 |
Aksaray | 78.32 | 75.68 | 80.88 | 5.20 | 0.19 | 78.51 | 75.52 | 81.51 | 5.99 |
Bartın | 77.89 | 75.64 | 80.16 | 4.52 | 0.61 | 78.50 | 75.68 | 81.45 | 5.77 |
Batman | 79.29 | 76.10 | 82.27 | 6.18 | −0.81 | 78.48 | 75.37 | 81.54 | 6.18 |
Denizli | 78.17 | 75.32 | 81.07 | 5.74 | 0.31 | 78.48 | 75.70 | 81.32 | 5.62 |
Diyarbakır | 78.91 | 75.67 | 82.03 | 6.36 | −0.43 | 78.48 | 75.48 | 81.51 | 6.03 |
Osmaniye | 78.01 | 75.29 | 80.81 | 5.53 | 0.46 | 78.47 | 76.08 | 80.91 | 4.82 |
Sivas | 77.97 | 75.42 | 80.65 | 5.23 | 0.49 | 78.46 | 75.91 | 81.16 | 5.25 |
Kocaeli | 78.08 | 75.73 | 80.53 | 4.80 | 0.30 | 78.38 | 75.82 | 81.08 | 5.25 |
Şırnak | 77.62 | 73.36 | 81.84 | 8.48 | 0.70 | 78.32 | 74.44 | 82.30 | 7.86 |
Niğde | 77.63 | 74.69 | 80.61 | 5.92 | 0.67 | 78.30 | 75.36 | 81.28 | 5.92 |
Kayseri | 77.87 | 75.31 | 80.44 | 5.14 | 0.37 | 78.24 | 75.66 | 80.86 | 5.20 |
Bursa | 77.68 | 75.01 | 80.42 | 5.42 | 0.56 | 78.24 | 75.52 | 81.05 | 5.53 |
Zonguldak | 77.81 | 75.12 | 80.49 | 5.37 | 0.39 | 78.20 | 75.48 | 80.96 | 5.48 |
Konya | 78.33 | 75.76 | 80.86 | 5.10 | −0.20 | 78.13 | 75.45 | 80.83 | 5.37 |
Tokat | 77.52 | 74.94 | 80.16 | 5.22 | 0.57 | 78.09 | 75.52 | 80.75 | 5.22 |
Düzce | 77.49 | 74.49 | 80.69 | 6.20 | 0.55 | 78.04 | 75.19 | 81.06 | 5.87 |
Kırklareli | 77.68 | 74.64 | 80.96 | 6.32 | 0.36 | 78.03 | 74.95 | 81.37 | 6.43 |
Muş | 77.45 | 74.71 | 80.10 | 5.39 | 0.58 | 78.03 | 75.44 | 80.64 | 5.20 |
Balıkesir | 77.50 | 74.65 | 80.49 | 5.84 | 0.53 | 78.02 | 75.07 | 81.17 | 6.11 |
Siirt | 78.37 | 75.24 | 81.40 | 6.16 | −0.35 | 78.02 | 74.71 | 81.56 | 6.85 |
Kastamonu | 77.36 | 74.51 | 80.32 | 5.81 | 0.66 | 78.02 | 75.03 | 81.16 | 6.14 |
Edirne | 77.35 | 74.24 | 80.69 | 6.45 | 0.59 | 77.95 | 74.79 | 81.36 | 6.57 |
Kırıkkale | 77.78 | 74.89 | 80.78 | 5.89 | 0.15 | 77.93 | 75.17 | 80.80 | 5.63 |
Nevşehir | 77.85 | 75.45 | 80.17 | 4.72 | 0.06 | 77.91 | 75.03 | 80.83 | 5.79 |
Sakarya | 77.51 | 74.79 | 80.34 | 5.55 | 0.35 | 77.85 | 75.16 | 80.69 | 5.53 |
Bilecik | 77.83 | 74.99 | 80.77 | 5.78 | 0.02 | 77.85 | 75.36 | 80.47 | 5.11 |
Kırşehir | 78.46 | 75.44 | 81.45 | 6.00 | −0.62 | 77.84 | 74.89 | 80.77 | 5.88 |
Bitlis | 78.40 | 75.64 | 81.06 | 5.42 | −0.61 | 77.79 | 74.82 | 80.95 | 6.13 |
Çankırı | 78.03 | 75.39 | 80.81 | 5.42 | −0.25 | 77.78 | 75.17 | 80.56 | 5.39 |
Kars | 77.34 | 75.09 | 79.74 | 4.65 | 0.43 | 77.78 | 75.05 | 80.80 | 5.74 |
Tekirdağ | 77.58 | 74.93 | 80.43 | 5.50 | 0.19 | 77.77 | 75.01 | 80.77 | 5.76 |
Yozgat | 77.48 | 74.75 | 80.29 | 5.55 | 0.24 | 77.73 | 74.85 | 80.74 | 5.89 |
Adana | 77.53 | 74.70 | 80.38 | 5.67 | 0.13 | 77.66 | 74.91 | 80.47 | 5.56 |
Hatay | 77.93 | 75.74 | 80.17 | 4.43 | −0.28 | 77.65 | 75.42 | 79.97 | 4.55 |
Uşak | 78.11 | 75.92 | 80.31 | 4.39 | −0.46 | 77.65 | 74.93 | 80.46 | 5.53 |
Ardahan | 76.93 | 74.21 | 79.91 | 5.70 | 0.69 | 77.62 | 74.78 | 80.86 | 6.08 |
Erzurum | 77.29 | 74.90 | 79.70 | 4.80 | 0.29 | 77.58 | 75.36 | 79.84 | 4.47 |
Şanlıurfa | 77.73 | 74.60 | 80.71 | 6.11 | −0.16 | 77.57 | 74.48 | 80.62 | 6.14 |
Kütahya | 76.79 | 74.50 | 79.10 | 4.60 | 0.67 | 77.46 | 75.04 | 79.94 | 4.90 |
Manisa | 77.10 | 74.39 | 79.90 | 5.51 | 0.27 | 77.37 | 74.53 | 80.35 | 5.82 |
Hakkâri | 77.12 | 74.13 | 80.00 | 5.87 | 0.05 | 77.17 | 74.27 | 80.07 | 5.80 |
Van | 76.96 | 74.44 | 79.53 | 5.09 | 0.13 | 77.10 | 74.90 | 79.32 | 4.42 |
Afyonkarahisar | 77.07 | 74.54 | 79.64 | 5.10 | −0.11 | 76.96 | 74.28 | 79.73 | 5.45 |
Ağrı | 76.77 | 74.25 | 79.35 | 5.10 | 0.00 | 76.78 | 74.11 | 79.65 | 5.54 |
Gaziantep | 76.94 | 74.33 | 79.52 | 5.20 | −0.56 | 76.38 | 73.80 | 79.03 | 5.24 |
Kilis | 76.14 | 72.87 | 79.55 | 6.67 | −0.05 | 76.09 | 73.47 | 78.83 | 5.37 |
By default the table is sorted by 2019.
code | region | 2018 | 2018 →2019 | 2019 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||
Turkey on average | 78.9 | 76.2 | 81.6 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 79.1 | 76.4 | 81.8 | 5.4 | |
TR90 | Trabzon region: Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane | 80.6 | 77.3 | 83.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 80.7 | 77.5 | 83.8 | 6.3 |
TRC3 | Mardin region: Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt | — | — | — | — | — | 80.1 | 77.4 | 82.7 | 5.3 |
TRB1 | Malatya region: Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli | 80.1 | 77.4 | 82.8 | 5.4 | −0.1 | 80.0 | 77.4 | 82.7 | 5.3 |
TR61 | Antalya region: Antalya, Isparta, Burdur | 79.7 | 77.3 | 82.2 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 79.9 | 77.4 | 82.5 | 5.1 |
TR51 | Ankara | 79.6 | 77.1 | 82.1 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 79.9 | 77.2 | 82.5 | 5.3 |
TR10 | Istanbul | 79.4 | 76.5 | 82.1 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 79.6 | 76.9 | 82.2 | 5.3 |
TR32 | Aydın region: Aydın, Denizli, Muğla | 79.6 | 76.8 | 82.7 | 5.9 | −0.1 | 79.5 | 76.9 | 82.3 | 5.4 |
TR52 | Konya region: Konya, Karaman | 78.8 | 76.3 | 81.3 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 79.2 | 76.6 | 81.8 | 5.2 |
TR31 | İzmir | 79.2 | 76.3 | 82.2 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 79.2 | 76.4 | 82.0 | 5.6 |
TR82 | Kastamonu region: Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop | 78.7 | 75.9 | 81.6 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 79.2 | 76.3 | 82.3 | 6.0 |
TRA1 | Erzurum region: Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt | 78.8 | 76.6 | 80.9 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 79.1 | 76.9 | 81.4 | 4.5 |
TR72 | Kayseri region: Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat | 78.7 | 76.1 | 81.2 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 79.1 | 76.7 | 81.6 | 4.9 |
TR81 | Zonguldak region: Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın | 78.2 | 75.4 | 81.0 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 79.1 | 76.7 | 81.5 | 4.8 |
TR83 | Samsun region: Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya | 78.9 | 76.2 | 81.7 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 79.1 | 76.4 | 82.0 | 5.6 |
TR63 | Hatay region: Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye | 79.1 | 77.0 | 81.3 | 4.3 | −0.1 | 79.0 | 77.0 | 81.0 | 4.0 |
TR42 | Kocaeli region: Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova | 78.5 | 75.9 | 81.2 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 78.8 | 76.3 | 81.4 | 5.1 |
TR41 | Bursa region: Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik | 78.4 | 75.8 | 81.1 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 78.8 | 76.3 | 81.3 | 5.0 |
TR71 | Kırıkkale region: Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir | 78.7 | 75.8 | 81.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 78.7 | 76.1 | 81.2 | 5.1 |
TRC2 | Şanlıurfa region: Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır | 79.4 | 76.2 | 82.6 | 6.4 | −0.7 | 78.7 | 75.6 | 81.7 | 6.1 |
TRB2 | Van region: Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkâri | 78.4 | 75.9 | 80.8 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 78.6 | 76.3 | 80.9 | 4.6 |
TR62 | Adana region: Adana, Mersin | 78.7 | 76.2 | 81.2 | 5.0 | −0.1 | 78.6 | 76.0 | 81.3 | 5.3 |
TRA2 | Ağrı region: Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan | 78.0 | 75.5 | 80.6 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 78.6 | 75.9 | 81.6 | 5.7 |
TR22 | Balıkesir region: Balıkesir, Çanakkale | 78.3 | 75.3 | 81.4 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 78.5 | 75.6 | 81.5 | 5.9 |
TR21 | Tekirdağ region: Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli | 77.8 | 74.9 | 80.9 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 78.4 | 75.6 | 81.4 | 5.8 |
TR33 | Manisa region: Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak | 77.7 | 75.0 | 80.4 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 77.9 | 75.2 | 80.7 | 5.5 |
TRC1 | Gaziantep region: Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis | 78.1 | 75.8 | 80.4 | 4.6 | −0.3 | 77.8 | 75.2 | 80.3 | 5.1 |
region | 2019 | 2019 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2019 →2022 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||||
Turkey on average | 77.83 | 74.68 | 80.95 | 6.27 | −1.80 | 76.03 | 2.45 | 78.48 | 75.38 | 81.50 | 6.12 | 0.65 |
East Black Sea Region | 79.33 | 75.62 | 82.90 | 7.28 | −1.84 | 77.49 | 2.49 | 79.98 | 76.33 | 83.45 | 7.12 | 0.65 |
West Anatolia Region | 78.33 | 75.15 | 81.40 | 6.25 | −1.81 | 76.52 | 2.46 | 78.98 | 75.85 | 81.95 | 6.10 | 0.65 |
Istanbul Region | 78.25 | 75.04 | 81.32 | 6.28 | −1.81 | 76.44 | 2.45 | 78.89 | 75.74 | 81.86 | 6.12 | 0.64 |
Central East Anatolia Region | 77.88 | 74.93 | 80.83 | 5.90 | −1.80 | 76.08 | 2.44 | 78.52 | 75.63 | 81.37 | 5.74 | 0.64 |
Mediterranean Region | 77.77 | 74.88 | 80.69 | 5.81 | −1.80 | 75.97 | 2.44 | 78.41 | 75.58 | 81.23 | 5.65 | 0.64 |
West Black Sea Region | 77.77 | 74.60 | 81.06 | 6.46 | −1.80 | 75.97 | 2.44 | 78.41 | 75.30 | 81.60 | 6.30 | 0.64 |
Central Anatolia Region | 77.60 | 74.61 | 80.57 | 5.96 | −1.80 | 75.80 | 2.44 | 78.24 | 75.31 | 81.11 | 5.80 | 0.64 |
Aegean Region | 77.56 | 74.35 | 80.83 | 6.48 | −1.79 | 75.77 | 2.43 | 78.20 | 75.04 | 81.37 | 6.33 | 0.64 |
Northeast Anatolia Region | 77.50 | 74.54 | 80.63 | 6.09 | −1.79 | 75.71 | 2.43 | 78.14 | 75.24 | 81.17 | 5.93 | 0.64 |
East Marmara Region | 77.46 | 74.45 | 80.47 | 6.02 | −1.79 | 75.67 | 2.43 | 78.10 | 75.15 | 81.01 | 5.86 | 0.64 |
Southeast Anatolia Region | 77.44 | 74.10 | 80.64 | 6.54 | −1.79 | 75.65 | 2.43 | 78.08 | 74.79 | 81.18 | 6.39 | 0.64 |
West Marmara Region | 77.11 | 73.77 | 80.57 | 6.80 | −1.78 | 75.33 | 2.42 | 77.75 | 74.46 | 81.11 | 6.65 | 0.64 |
Data source: Global Data Lab [9]
The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 27 member states. As of 1 January 2024, the population of the EU is around 449 million people.
statistical table 'Life expectancy at birth by provinces and sex'
statistical table 'Healthy Life Years'